English
yana
see also: Yana
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) IPA: /ˈjɑː.nə/
Noun

yana (plural yanas)

  1. (Buddhism) Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.
Related terms Translations
  • French: yâna
Yana
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) IPA: /ˈjɑː.nə/
Etymology 1

Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from , feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).

Proper noun
  1. A female given name. A romanization of the Bulgarian - or Russian - name Я́на.
  2. A river in Sakha (Yakutia), Russia that rises near Verkhoyansk and flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.
Etymology 2

From ynn yana.

Noun

yana (plural yanas)

  1. A member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
Proper noun
  1. The now extinct language of the Yana people, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.
Synonyms

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